title: Weight gain during pregnancy in women with gestational diabetes: How little is too little?
abstract: We evaluated maternal weight gain in women with gestational diabetes, and assessed their compliance with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) weight gain targets. Only 28% of women achieved the IOM targets, with 40% gaining inadequate weight. Those who gained inadequate weight did not suffer any increase in adverse pregnancy outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes and Endocrine Service, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: Vincent.wong@sswahs.nsw.gov.au.
authors.forename: Vincent W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Hamish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Gestational diabetes mellitus; Pregnancy outcomes; Weight gain